General MIDI lists
appendix A
 

In this appendix, section A.1 lists the instrument names of the GM specification [32] and section A.2 shows the mapping of percussion instruments.

A.1 General MIDI sound set 
 

 

PC# Instrument PC# Instrument
1 Acoustic Grand Piano 65 Soprano Sax
2 Bright Acoustic Piano 66 Alto Sax
3 Electric Grand Piano 67 Tenor Sax
4 Honky-tonk Piano 68 Baritone Sax
5 Electric Piano 1 69 Oboe
6 Electric Piano 2 70 English Horn
7 Harpsichord 71 Bassoon
8 Clavi 72 Clarinet
9 Celesta 73 Piccolo
10 Glockenspiel 74 Flute
11 Music Box 75 Recorder
12 Vibraphone 76 Pan Flute
13 Marimba 77 Blown Bottle
14 Xylophone 78 Shakuhachi
15 Tubular Bells 79 Whistle
16 Dulcimer 80 Ocarina
17 Drawbar Organ 81 Lead 1 (square)
18 Percussive Organ 82 Lead 2 (sawtooth)
19 Rock Organ 83 Lead 3 (calliope)
20 Church Organ 84 Lead 4 (chiff)
21 Reed Organ 85 Lead 5 (charang)
22 Accordion 86 Lead 6 (voice)
23 Harmonica 87 Lead 7 (fifths)
24 Tango Accordion 88 Lead 8 (bass + lead)
25 Acoustic Guitar (nylon) 89 Pad 1 (new age)
26 Acoustic Guitar (steel) 90 Pad 2 (warm)
27 Electric Guitar (jazz) 91 Pad 3 (polysynth)
28 Electric Guitar (clean) 92 Pad 4 (choir)
29 Electric Guitar (muted) 93 Pad 5 (bowed)
30 Overdriven Guitar 94 Pad 6 (metallic)
31 Distortion Guitar 95 Pad 7 (halo)
32 Guitar harmonics 96 Pad 8 (sweep)
33 Acoustic Bass 97 FX 1 (rain)
34 Electric Bass (finger) 98 FX 2 (soundtrack)
35 Electric Bass (pick) 99 FX 3 (crystal)
36 Fretless Bass 100 FX 4 (atmosphere)
37 Slap Bass 1 101 FX 5 (brightness)
38 Slap Bass 2 102 FX 6 (goblins)
39 Synth Bass 1 103 FX 7 (echoes)
40 Synth Bass 2 104 FX 8 (sci-fi)
41 Violin 105 Sitar
42 Viola 106 Banjo
43 Cello 107 Shamisen
44 Contrabass 108 Koto
45 Tremolo Strings 109 Kalimba
46 Pizzicato Strings 110 Bag pipe
47 Orchestral Harp 111 Fiddle
48 Timpani 112 Shanai
49 String Ensemble 1 113 Tinkle Bell
50 String Ensemble 2 114 Agogo
51 SynthStrings 1 115 Steel Drums
52 SynthStrings 2 116 Woodblock
53 Choir Aahs 117 Taiko Drum
54 Voice Oohs 118 Melodic Tom
55 Synth Voice 119 Synth Drum
56 Orchestra Hit 120 Reverse Cymbal
57 Trumpet 121 Guitar Fret Noise
58 Trombone 122 Breath Noise
59 Tuba 123 Seashore
60 Muted Trumpet 124 Bird Tweet
61 French Horn 125 Telephone Ring
62 Brass Section 126 Helicopter
63 SynthBrass 1 127 Applause
64 SynthBrass 2 128 Gunshot

 

  A.2 General MIDI percussion map
   

 

Key# Drum Sound Key# Drum Sound
35 Acoustic Bass Drum 59 Ride Cymbal 2
36 Bass Drum 1 60 Hi Bongo
37 Side Stick 61 Low Bongo
38 Acoustic Snare 62 Mute Hi Conga
39 Hand Clap 63 Open Hi Conga
40 Electric Snare 64 Low Conga
41 Low Floor Tom 65 High Timbale
42 Closed Hi Hat 66 Low Timbale
43 High Floor Tom 67 High Agogo
44 Pedal Hi-Hat 68 Low Agogo
45 Low Tom 69 Cabasa
46 Open Hi-Hat 70 Maracas
47 Low-Mid Tom 71 Short Whistle
48 Hi Mid Tom 72 Long Whistle
49 Crash Cymbal 1 73 Short Guiro
50 High Tom 74 Long Guiro
51 Ride Cymbal 1 75 Claves
52 Chinese Cymbal 76 Hi Wood Block
53 Ride Bell 77 Low Wood Block
54 Tambourine 78 Mute Cuica
55 Splash Cymbal 79 Open Cuica
56 Cowbell 80 Mute Triangle
57 Crash Cymbal 2 81 Open Triangle
58 Vibraslap

 

 
 


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